Fort Worth native Kendall Eugene and Dallas resident Danny Joseph are competing for a $100,000 cash prize on 'The Voice.'
“I couldn’t stand it because it was everywhere,” he says. But after moving to Pennsylvania as an adult, he developed a newfound appreciation for the genre. “I missed the twang. I missed the soul and I had to get back into it,” he says.For his audition, he sang Morgan Wallen’s “Don’t Think Jesus.” After none of the coaches turned their chairs — a move that signals their interest — McEntire used her “Coach Replay” button to save him from going home.
“She just gave me a hug and told me that she was proud of me and believed in me,” Eugene says of the moment.McEntire’s words struck a chord with Eugene because of his tumultuous past year. He “made some choices,” he says, that led to his marriage ending in divorce.Music has been his emotional outlet, he says, a way for him to release the pain he has felt. “I’m not going to be perfect, but I don’t want to live in the shame of myself or shame from other people.
“You go into it, hoping to get one. … You don’t think four chairs are going to turn,” says Joseph, who ultimately chose McEntire.Originally from London, Joseph got his start busking on the Underground in between university classes. In 2015, he moved to Dallas to be closer to his now-wife, whom he had met at a church conference in Grapevine.
He later began to pursue music full-time, performing sets in the D-FW area. While he gravitates to soul and blues, the local country scene has rubbed off on him. “I have quite a few country songs in my set that I play live, being here now for nearly a decade,” Joseph says.has been an uphill battle. For years, he has been living with Crohn’s disease, a chronic bowel disorder, and he recently had surgery to remove his colon.,” he says. “At this point, I’m very bedridden. I can’t really walk.
During recovery, he would make music at home. “I realized I don’t feel sick when I do this,” he says.Uwa is the breaking features reporter at The Dallas Morning News. She previously reported for NBC News Digital and wrote for Slate. She also has work published in Vulture and Time Out.
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